Assam floods: Boats become homes

Indian flood affected villagers travel on boats in Burha Burhi village, east of Gauhati, Assam, India, Monday, July 15, 2019. (Photo: AP)

In this Friday, July 12, 2019 photo, Indian villagers cross floodwaters on country boats in Ashighar village, Morigaon district, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. (Photo: AP)

An Indian woman rows a makeshift banana raft through flood waters in Burgaon, east of Gauhati, Assam, India, Monday, July 15, 2019. (Photo: AP)

An Indian flood affected woman carries her sick son on a boat in Burha Burhi village, east of Gauhati, Assam, India, Monday, July 15, 2019. (Photo: AP)

Indian villagers transport flood relief materials on a boat in Burgaon village, east of Gauhati, Assam, India, Monday, July 15, 2019. (Photo: AP)

Indian flood affected villagers who took shelter on a road wait to receive government relief materials in Burha Burhi village , east of Gauhati, Assam, India, Monday, July 15, 2019. (Photo: AP)

Indian passengers on an auto rickshaw cross a flooded road in Burha Burhi village , east of Gauhati, Assam, India, Monday, July 15, 2019. (Photo: AP)

An Indian flood affected woman cleans rice in a temporary shelter in Burha Burhi village, east of Gauhati, Assam, India, Monday, July 15, 2019. (Photo: AP)

An Indian flood affected villager carries food grains on his head in Burha Burhi village, east of Gauhati, Assam, India, Monday, July 15, 2019. (Photo: AP)

Indian flood affected women row makeshift banana rafts to collect drinking water in Pabhokathi village, east of Gauhati, Assam, India, Monday, July 15, 2019. (Photo: AP)